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Photographer’s Note

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Cairina
Species: moschata

Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)

Description:
The only domestic duck not derived from Mallards. This bird is indigenous to South and Central America. Unlike other domestic ducks, Muscovies have the ability to fly fairly well and will often roost in a tree. Impressive, considering this is the largest of all the domestic ducks. They mainly feed on underwater vegetation and seeds.

Appearence:
The original (wild version) of this bird is black and white, but domestication has produced a variety of colors, including white, black, brown, and blue. They have large red warty caruncles around the base of the bill and around the eye. Their feet can vary in color from bright orange to black. They have strong, sharp claws on their feet. The black and white birds may have a green-blue irridesence on the black feathers. 25-34" in length.

Habitat:
Lakes, ponds, farms, and suburban areas.

Nesting:
15-16 white eggs with an incubation period of 35-37 days. They will have up to 3 clutches in a year.

carper, mortijo, ellis49, nwoehnl, elihesamian, alainh, migtey, jhm, Kenny10pin, Rockyboy, Jeppe, papagolf21, ephemere33, orme has marked this note useful

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carper (64746) 2004-10-23 11:52

Ricardo I love the shot,
Very good macro, with wonderfull colours and an extremely good cropping. The frame I like to, great job my friend.

ellis49 (74) 2004-10-23 12:05

This one is very ugly but very beautiful Ricardo.
Great colours, very good composition and very good sharpness with good details.
Very good note as usual.
Great work my Friend.
Well done.

elroyie (2750) 2004-10-23 12:10

As said before this is ugly, but the picture is beautiful, very good details.

cdewet (0) 2004-10-23 12:16

Hi Ricardo, This is an excellent S Am birdie, but I am afraid only his mother might love him maybe. . .
This is great, In your face photography!

elihesamian (26091) 2004-10-23 12:18

It's 2th spy birds from Treknature that is coming to TE today,first, comes here from Callie!be careful TE friends:)))

Welcome back,Dear Ricardo
What an amazing bird!great use of DOF,details are wonderful,forms are great and very strange,Oh!amazing,I'm thankful that you posted it here,very well captured and nicely done,Ricardo.
Yours
Mohammad

nwoehnl (120) 2004-10-23 12:22

Well, sure this guy will not come in first at a beauty contest, but you made a really impressive portrait of him, Ricardo. Amazing and colorful detail on all the features on the beak and face, and good retention of detail in the black plumage. Very good one.

alainh (35363) 2004-10-23 15:25

Ola Ricardo
Muy bonita tu foto.
ese pajaro esta extraordinario.
las colores, las formas, todo me parece excelente.
bravo Ricardo
alain

WALTERito (351) 2004-10-23 22:31

It's documentary, funny, interesting, colourful... well documented too
Perhaps I could suggest a bit of contrast...?

jhm (82421) 2004-10-24 2:41

Hi Ricardo welcome back, find this macro fantastic, the eyes and the snout are great the red colours good, excellent work here. Thanks for visiting my photo.

ma-tibou (4566) 2004-10-24 5:32

Bonjour Rcardo, heureuse de vous revoir sur TE, joli retour avec cette belle photo animalière, de beau détails de belles couleurs jolie réalisation.
amitié.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-10-24 9:26

good colours, very good details too, well done , is it some kind of disease? well done

Rockyboy (20580) 2004-10-24 13:38

What a face here and very well catched, Ricardo! I like to see all those different colors. Very well done!

Jeppe (18623) 2004-10-24 17:34

Wow - I just pulled back a few centimeters - what a face to be confronted with - :-) I can't remember seeing a black version of this special kind of duck before - You did a very fine job here Ricardo - also thanks for the fine note to explain - I didn't know all this.

papagolf21 (56305) 2004-10-25 4:30

Cher Ricardo,
Désolé pour le retard (ligne téléphonique coupée depuis 5 jours).
Une photographie étonnante et inquiétante au premier abord, cela ressemble un peu au canard de barbarie !
Excellente prise de vue avec des détails à couper le souffle.
Bravo Ricardo.
Un grand merci pour la note.

ephemere33 (9729) 2004-10-26 16:43

wouhh en vignette je ne savais pas ce que je pouvais voir..la j'admire tous les détails de cette photo sur cet animal...c'est saisissant...tres nettement rendu...je n'avais jamais vu ce genre de canard...merci pour le partage...amicalement BI

orme (6746) 2004-10-27 2:34

An excellent shot, Ricardo. The colours and details are just incredible. I like the size of this duck 'portrait' - good choice. Very well done.